חָפַף I, to bend over, to cover; trnsf. to be anxious, to care. Meg. 26ᵃ; Zeb. 53ᵇ sq. והיה … מצטער … שנ׳ חוֹפֵף וכ׳ Benjamin took pains … to conquer it, as it says (Deut. XXXIII, 12) he (Benjamin) is bent over it &c. [Rashi: rubs his head, v. חָפַף II.]